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Preschoolers and Parents is a drop-in class featuring interactive storytelling and art activities based off of popular children’s books. Toddlers aged 2-4 have fun as they interact with other children and develop their artistic skills led by parents and guardians. Join NGCI instructors in the Susan A. Olde Art Studio every Friday from 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM to read a story, and then use your imagination to make the book come to life through engaging art activities.

This week, we’ll be reading Anansi the Spider: A Tale from the Ashanti by Gerald McDermott and creating paper-plate Anansi crafts.  Anansi the Spider is one of the great folk heroes of the world. He is a rogue, a mischief maker, and a wise, lovable creature who triumphs over larger foes. In this traditional Ashanti tale, Anansi sets out on a long, difficult journey. Threatened by Fish and Falcon, he is saved from terrible fates by his sons. But which of his sons should Anansi reward? Calling upon Nyame, the God of All Things, Anansi solves his predicament in a touching and highly resourceful fashion.